Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Weapons Fuzing

Northwest Talent Solutions
Fort Wayne, IN
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

We're looking for an accomplished engineer who has designed, developed, qualified and fielded fuze systems to help build and advance a next-generation weapons fuzing capability within a major defense technology organization. You'll serve as a senior technical authority while helping develop the next generation of fuze engineers.

What You Will Do

You'll provide hands-on technical leadership across the fuze development lifecycle, including architecting and developing Electronic Safe Arm Fuze/Device systems, designing Safe & Arm mechanisms, and leading environmental qualification and testing of fuze systems.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You'll have the opportunity to become a foundational technical leader within an expanding weapons fuzing capability, with access to sophisticated engineering programs and multidisciplinary teams. The organization also offers significant flexibility for the right expert.

Requirements

  • Active Department of Defense Secret clearance at the time of hire
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Significant hands-on fuze systems experience
  • Environmental sensing design experience
  • Environmental testing/qualification experience for fuze systems
  • Safe & Arm mechanism design
  • Firing chain design, including CDU/EFI
  • Fuze system-level requirements decomposition
  • Self-destruct/self-neutralization design experience
  • Built-in Test (BIT) design experience
  • Experience developing high-reliability electronics for safety- or mission-critical systems
  • Familiarity with applicable standards and qualification environments such as MIL-STD-1316 or MIL-STD-1911, MIL-STD-331 and MIL-STD-810

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Retirement matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Potential for a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off
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